https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/2594206f551fce32101a0bde760c432e.pdf 4f66595c29d8d91fbcda63e83fbffa4d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cushmania Subject The topic of the resource Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876 Stebbins, Emma, 1815-1882 Gossip--Published Gossip--Private Relationships--Networks Italy--Rome Description An account of the resource A collection of archival material (letters, diaries, articles, auto/biographical accounts) collected from different archives (cf. <a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/sources/archives/">list</a>) that showcase the life of Charlotte Cushman, one of the most successful US American actresses of the nineteenth century. We invite you to either look for specific items via the tag cloud at the bottom of the page or the search function at the top, <a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/items/browse?collection=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">browse all items</a> in this collection, or explore thematic compilations of selected items in our "<a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/exhibits" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Exhibits</a>." <h6 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/c4226e025914fe32ca1542c728bd11cc.JPG"><img title="Item Locations" alt="Item Locations" src="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/c4226e025914fe32ca1542c728bd11cc.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="349.5" height="237.5" /></a>(<a href="http://hdlab.stanford.edu/palladio/">Palladio</a> visualization, Dec 2021: location of items in collection, size nodes)</h6> <h6 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/44bccce1e23bf9efe34d0078d3cc97f0.JPG"><img title="Item Locations" alt="Item Locations" src="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/44bccce1e23bf9efe34d0078d3cc97f0.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="349.5" height="324.5" /></a>(<a href="http://hdlab.stanford.edu/palladio/">Palladio</a> visualization, Dec 2021: letter correspondence for items that have values defined for "location sender" AND "location recipient," size nodes)</h6> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Library of Congress New York Public Library Philadelphia Historical Society Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1816-00-00/1920-00 Letter A resource containing textual messages sent from one person to another or one person to many people. From The name and email address of the person sending the email Stebbins, Emma, 1815-1882 To The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was sent Lanier, Sidney, 1842-1881 Location The location of the interview Lenox, MA, US Geocode (Latitude) 40.8816547 Geocode (Longitude) -94.5619095 Text Any textual data included in the document [page 1] My Dear Lanier — I have just received your lettr [sic] of the 6th with enclosure – and hasten to say that I will with your prmission [sic] defer forwarding the one to Mr. Cushman – for the following reasons. —  In the first place I fear the tone of it would give annoyance, which it is well to avoid. As Trustee — he is justified in what he says, and his intentions are always good. — I have already  told you that he cannot be disconnected morally from equal interest with me in the book — neither would I write [Lorenz unsure here] so to disconnect him – In the mattr [sic] of my having had an understanding with him to leave the mattr [sic] entirely in my hands, it referred entirely to action on his part independent of me & of you —   without first consultingt us, but was not intended to leave  him out otherwise – I should not like him to receive such an impression – and I fewr and lettr conveys it —  2dly– I do not remember having said anything in any of my letters to you which placed the conclusion of the mattr [sic] with Osgood or any other publisher entirely in your hands I have the drafts of all my letters, and/ do not find anything to this effect - whatever I may have said — was meant to refer to the condition of my health, which might throw all the labour & care in writing the book upon you – I refer to this – because you stated it for the second time in your lettr [sic] to Mr. C. 3dly with regard to materials – I have endeavoured to be very clear & explicit in my statements about them – that they were very desultory and uncertain – that we had nothing from England - and that the book could not well be written, leaving  out that importanty period – You will recall that in our first conversation, you suggested the idea of going out yourself to England to  hunt them up – I also told Mr. Osgood these difficulties — and urged them as my reason for desiring delay - I have deprecated haste from to beginning and felt most anxious to have possibilities at  least clear before I committed myself. - But circumstances have urged in the mattr [sic] – and I felt myself forced to yield – hoping at  we all have done that things would shape themselves in times I make this statement again to lift from my shoulders the responsibility of having promised more than I can perform! I send you back Mr. C's lettr [sic] as you request but will retain yours  [page 2] until I hear from you Now in view of all the uncertainties and difficulties which beset us —  and must especially with refence to the condition of my health —  which does not improve & gives me much uneasiness, and which is entirely unfit to contend with worries and anxieties – indeed I think it capable of breaking down into uttr [sic] incapacity at  any moment - and also in view of to fact that I could not consent to allow any of these materials to pass through other hands – before they have gone thorugh mine – I seems to me I am justified in asking you to annul – or if possible to postpone our agreement with Mr. Osgood – until I can see  what time brings in to way of health & additional  materials — & before we are finally committed to what might  prove a failure. I am more grieved than I can tell you to have to say this,  +++ as I do - how great the disappointment will/ be to you as well as to myself — but you may trust me in believing  that I would not do it if it could be helped– and that I will do whatever in me lies in averting any consequences of retrieving any harm which may have come to you through it I have written in some haste — and pray you to pardon any oversights, or anything in fact which might not come from the most faithful of your friends - which I pray you believe me  Yours ever E.S.  Annotations annotations added by someone other than members of the project's researcher team; those annotations may have been added by the producer/creator of the item, an archivist, or by another researcher who had access to the archival material; may be specified as known or suspected due to context and content Lorenz repeatedly annotated her own notes Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Transcript of Letter from Emma Stebbins to Sidney Lanier, July 8, 1876 Description An account of the resource Emma Stebbins ponders the publishing arrangement with Mr. Osgood. Stebbins wants to annul or postpone it, as she is disagreeing with Lanier on his behavior towards Mr. Cushman and about leaving out the England period which Stebbins deems crucial for the biography to cover. Her health troubles her and she is asking for more material. Stebbins emphasizes Ned Cushman's role as trustee and values his opinion in the memoir issue. She reprimands Lanier for not reading her letters and instructions closely. Stebbins instructs Lanier to refrain from acting independently or from handing out false information to Ned Cushman. Transcripts by <a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/mm92081445/">Jennie Lorenz</a> <h3>Credit</h3> <a href="https://www.loc.gov/">Library of Congress</a>, Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Stebbins, Emma, 1815-1882 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived LoC, JLP 2 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1876-07-08 Type The nature or genre of the resource Reference Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0314 Subject The topic of the resource Stebbins, Emma, 1815-1882 Lanier, Sidney, 1842-1881 Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876 Cushman, Edwin "Ned" Charles, 1838-1909 Arts--Literature England Illness Frustration Intimacy--As topic Manners / Etiquette auto/biography public intimacy